Wasn't it Clifford of PSU who gashed the hawks with qb draws in 2019??

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uihawk82

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I think it was and this is the thing that somewhat scares me. Even last year they started a new guy, big qb, because Clifford was struggling and the new guy ran that qb draw very well against us. Clifford can get on a roll throwing the ball also. When the qb runs and the fake handoff takes a couple of defenders out of tackling position it can be tough for the defense.

Not sure if PSU is still using this run play that much but I also have read and heard they do not have the big time running back/running game of old.
 
uihawk82 said:
I think it was and this is the thing that somewhat scares me. Even last year they started a new guy, big qb, because Clifford was struggling and the new guy ran that qb draw very well against us. Clifford can get on a roll throwing the ball also. When the qb runs and the fake handoff takes a couple of defenders out of tackling position it can be tough for the defense.

Not sure if PSU is still using this run play that much but I also have read and heard they do not have the big time running back/running game of old.
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Yes, 52 rushing yards, but he was terrible passing. Only 3.3 yards per attempt on the ground, too. This Iowa squad is better on both sides of the ball.
 
uihawk82 said:
Those are not great numbers especially passing but I remember he got some big first downs for them in the late 3rd and thru the 4th.
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The real killer in that game is we were down an all-B1G LB (Welch) and had to go with a freshman (Doyle). He got worked pretty good.

We also did not have a dependable cash (true freshman Belton hadn't yet emerged), so had to go 4-3 (both to stop the run and because we didn't have a good cash), and Niemann got isolated on Hamler a few times to bad effect.

And our inexperienced interior OL got confused by stunts and blitzes.

Hopefully we have rectified most of those issues.
 
CP87 said:
The real killer in that game is we were down an all-B1G LB (Welch) and had to go with a freshman (Doyle). He got worked pretty good.

We also did not have a dependable cash (true freshman Belton hadn't yet emerged), so had to go 4-3 (both to stop the run and because we didn't have a good cash), and Niemann got isolated on Hamler a few times to bad effect.

And our inexperienced interior OL got confused by stunts and blitzes.

Hopefully we have rectified most of those issues.
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Well we do have a pretty inexperienced OLine but a smart veteran at Center calling out blocking assignments.
 
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